Cloud based email and distribution lists

The company I work for recently switched from an Outlook Exchange based email system to a cloud based system. This happened just before I joined the team, so the switch shouldn't really have affected me.

 

I have been using cloud based email on a personal basis for a while, now, so I didn't really expect to encounter any challenges. But distribution lists have got me (a bit) beat at the moment. I don't use those for my personal emails.

• I have yet to figure out how to create a distribution list of my own - any help on this front would be welcomed.
• The distribution lists from the Outlook system have either been carried over or recreated (I'm not sure which), so I can use those to send out group emails. Being fairly new to the company, I don't know who is included on the various distribution lists, and I have yet to find a way to expand an existing distribution list to find out who's on it. Once again, any help you can offer...
• When I send out a meeting invitation to one of the distribution lists, the invitees are unable to respond. They receive an error message to the effect that the invitation has been sent to , whereas they're logged in as . So in fact, meeting invitations have to be sent to a list of individuals, rather than a named distribution list. If the distribution list is long and/or if you don't know who's on it, this can be problematic!

Have you had similar challenges? How have you resolved them?

@minimentally, babyboo

Christian Payne (aka Documentally) has popped up a few times on this blog. He is a person who uses many of the social media by means of which to upload fragments of his life to the cloud. Twitter, Audioboo, 12 seconds, Twitpic, etc.

Over the past few days, his followers have been waiting with bated breath for what the Guardian reporter called the 'twitter-twatter' of little feet.

@mimimentally has had his own twitter account, recording his thoughts, as interpreted by his Dad.

There was some anxiety, as it turned out that young Payne's umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck twice, but the new family is safely home.

The baby's heartbeat, his early cries, his photo have already been shared with thousands of people. He was featured in the Guardian on the day of his birth.

Will people start calling this family 2.0?

The accidental tourist looks at clouds from both sides now

My husband, a newbie blogger, shares his views of cloud computing. I think some of the issues he raises will either gel with or grate on the views of some of the readers of this blog. Which camp are you in?